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Description

Sets the registry key or value named by strName.

Syntax

object.RegWrite strName, anyValue [,strType]

Parameters

Part	Description
object	WshShell object.
strName	Key or value name to write.
anyValue	The value to write into the key or registry value.
strType	Optional. The data type for the value being stored in the registry.

Remarks

If strName ends with the backslash character (\), this method returns the key instead of the value. StrName must begin with one of following root key names:

Short	Long
HKCU	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKLM	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKCR	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
	HKEY_USERS
	HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

RegWrite supports strType as REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ, REG_DWORD, and REG_BINARY. If another data type is passed as strType, RegWrite returns E_INVALIDARG.

RegWrite automatically converts anyValue to a string when strType is REG_SZ or REG_EXPAND_SZ. If strType is REG_DWORD, anyValue is converted to an integer. If strType is REG_BINARY, anyValue must be an integer.

Example

The following example writes a value and key entry into the registry:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\ScriptEngine\Value", "Some string value"
WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\ScriptEngine\Key\", 1 ,"REG_DWORD"